Taiga & Boreal Forest

Information on The Taiga & Boreal Forest

Bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea) and silver birch trees backlit by the autumn sun in boreal forest. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

The Piaku-Pur River flowing through boreal forest near Tarko-Sale. Purovsky, Yamal, Western Siberia.

Northern lights, the Aurora Borealis, over the Taiga. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Snow covered larch trees in winter sunshine. Boreal Forest. Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

Aurora Borealis spirals over Boreal Forest. Churchill. Manitoba. Canada

Aerial view of mist hanging over boreal forest in the north of Khanty-Mansiysk region. Northwest Siberia, Russia

Aerial view of boreal forest in winter. Khanty-Mansiysk, region. Northwest Siberia, Russia

Aerial view of forest tundra in winter. Khanty-Mansiysk, region. Northwest Siberia, Russia

A Xerocomus fungi growing amongst reindeer moss on the boreal forest floor. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

The winter sun rising through boreal forest near Ratta. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Boreal forest (taiga) along a winter road between Ratta and Tolka in Krasnoselkup. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Boreal forest (taiga) on a winter road between Ratta and Tolka in Krasnoselkup. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Boreal forest (taiga) on either side of a winter road between Ratta and Tolka in Krasnoselkup. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Boreal forest (taiga) on either side of a winter road between Ratta and Tolka in Krasnoselkup. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

An aerial view of boreal forest (taiga) in winter in the Taz River Basin. Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Winter aerial view of boreal forest in the Krasnoselkup region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia. (2012)

Ravens (Corvus corax) flying across a boreal lake at sunset, Yellowknife environs, NWT, northern Canada

Aurora borealis (northern lights), boreal forest, Yellowknife environs, NWT, Canada

Aurora borealis (northern lights), boreal forest, Yellowknife environs, NWT, Canada

The bank of the Synya river with larch trees in autumn colour. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Larch trees in autumn colour on the bank of the Synya River, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Boreal Forest. Winter sunset in the taiga near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Aerial view of taiga (boreal forest) with a newly frozen river in the autumn. Yamal, western Siberia, Russia.

Boreal forest near Gornoknyazevsk with larch & birch trees in autumn colour. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

View of the Ural Mountains & the River Ob from Gornoknyazevsk in the autumn. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Forest tundra near Gornoknyazevsk with larch trees in autumn colour. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A snow covered stunted larch tree in boreal forest.Purovsky region of the Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Boreal forest by the side of the Ivoseda River.Purovsky Region, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Aerial view of tundra, lakes & boreal forest in the Purovsky Region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

A gas flare glows in the dawn sky at an oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

A dramatic autumn sunset at Burnwood Lake in southern Labrador, Canada. 1997

Aerial view of a frozen river meandering through snow covered Boreal Forest. Yamal. W. Siberia. Russia.

A reindeer in the forest at its winter pastures in Northern Evensk, Magadan Region, East Siberia, Russia. 2006

Low winter sunshine shines through a forest near Lovozero. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005

Mountains in the Verkhoyansk Range in winter near Batagay Alyta. Verkoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Stunted spruce trees run to the edge of a lake in this region where taiga becomes tundra. Churchill. Canada

Snow covered taiga in winter sunshine. Boreal Forest. Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

Autumn colours with birch & aspen trees on Kemijarvi Lake in the evening. Finland.

Snow covered larch trees in winter sunshine near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Forests and lakes of the Canadian Shield. Quebec. Canada. 1988

A view of forest tundra in summer near Nadym in the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia. 2000

Reindeer at their winter pastures in the Verkhoyansk Mountain Range. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Taiga in winter sunshine near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

A thick covering of reindeer moss carpets the floor of boreal forest in Northern Labrador, Canada. 1997

A dramatic autumn sunset at Burnwood Lake in southern Labrador, Canada. 1997

Snow lies on the trunks & branches larch & birch trees in the Yamal. Siberia, Russia

Northern lights, the Aurora Borealis over the Taiga. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

A group of reindeer wander amongst trees in Boreal Forest at their winter pastures. Yamal. Siberia.

Winter sunrise behind larch trees coated with hoar frost Yamal. Siberia. Russia.